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Christian Darrisaw’s absence is exposing the Vikings in brutal fashion

The Minnesota Vikings have had a lot of issues offensively through two games, and seven of eight quarters thus far have been especially awful. A lack of third-down efficiency (30.4 percent; 29th in the league) has led to not getting to 50 offensive plays in either game thus far.

In Week 1, the Chicago Bears sacked J.J. McCarthy twice, but otherwise the Vikings' signal caller was kept fairly clean (five total pressures, according to Pro Football Focus). In Week 2 against the Atlanta Falcons, that changed dramatically.

McCarthy was sacked five times in the first half on Sunday night, and according to Next Gen Stats, he was pressured on nine of his first 14 drop-backs (a 64 percent pressure rate).